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United States -- States; and Puerto Rico
GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population):   2000  More information about this table...
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Rank

Geographic area


Population


Housing
units


Area in square miles


Density per square
mile of land area


Total
area


Water
area


Land
area


Population


Housing
units

 

United States

281,421,906

115,904,641

3,794,083.06

256,644.62

3,537,438.44

79.6

32.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California

33,871,648

12,214,549

163,695.57

7,736.23

155,959.34

217.2

78.3

Texas

20,851,820

8,157,575

268,580.82

6,783.70

261,797.12

79.6

31.2

New York

18,976,457

7,679,307

54,556.00

7,342.22

47,213.79

401.9

162.6

Florida

15,982,378

7,302,947

65,754.59

11,827.77

53,926.82

296.4

135.4

Illinois

12,419,293

4,885,615

57,914.38

2,330.79

55,583.58

223.4

87.9

Pennsylvania

12,281,054

5,249,750

46,055.24

1,238.63

44,816.61

274.0

117.1

Ohio

11,353,140

4,783,051

44,824.90

3,876.53

40,948.38

277.3

116.8

Michigan

9,938,444

4,234,279

96,716.11

39,912.28

56,803.82

175.0

74.5

New Jersey

8,414,350

3,310,275

8,721.30

1,303.96

7,417.34

1,134.4

446.3

10 

Georgia

8,186,453

3,281,737

59,424.77

1,518.63

57,906.14

141.4

56.7

11 

North Carolina

8,049,313

3,523,944

53,818.51

5,107.63

48,710.88

165.2

72.3

12 

Virginia

7,078,515

2,904,192

42,774.20

3,180.13

39,594.07

178.8

73.3

13 

Massachusetts

6,349,097

2,621,989

10,554.57

2,714.55

7,840.02

809.8

334.4

14 

Indiana

6,080,485

2,532,319

36,417.73

550.83

35,866.90

169.5

70.6

15 

Washington

5,894,121

2,451,075

71,299.64

4,755.58

66,544.06

88.6

36.8

16 

Tennessee

5,689,283

2,439,443

42,143.27

926.15

41,217.12

138.0

59.2

17 

Missouri

5,595,211

2,442,017

69,704.31

818.39

68,885.93

81.2

35.5

18 

Wisconsin

5,363,675

2,321,144

65,497.82

11,187.72

54,310.10

98.8

42.7

19 

Maryland

5,296,486

2,145,283

12,406.68

2,632.86

9,773.82

541.9

219.5

20 

Arizona

5,130,632

2,189,189

113,998.30

363.73

113,634.57

45.2

19.3

21 

Minnesota

4,919,479

2,065,946

86,938.87

7,328.79

79,610.08

61.8

26.0

22 

Louisiana

4,468,976

1,847,181

51,839.70

8,277.85

43,561.85

102.6

42.4

23 

Alabama

4,447,100

1,963,711

52,419.02

1,675.01

50,744.00

87.6

38.7

24 

Colorado

4,301,261

1,808,037

104,093.57

376.04

103,717.53

41.5

17.4

25 

Kentucky

4,041,769

1,750,927

40,409.02

680.85

39,728.18

101.7

44.1

26 

South Carolina

4,012,012

1,753,670

32,020.20

1,910.73

30,109.47

133.2

58.2

27 

Oklahoma

3,450,654

1,514,400

69,898.19

1,231.13

68,667.06

50.3

22.1

28 

Oregon

3,421,399

1,452,709

98,380.64

2,383.85

95,996.79

35.6

15.1

29 

Connecticut

3,405,565

1,385,975

5,543.33

698.53

4,844.80

702.9

286.1

30 

Iowa

2,926,324

1,232,511

56,271.55

402.20

55,869.36

52.4

22.1

31 

Mississippi

2,844,658

1,161,953

48,430.19

1,523.24

46,906.96

60.6

24.8

32 

Kansas

2,688,418

1,131,200

82,276.84

461.96

81,814.88

32.9

13.8

33 

Arkansas

2,673,400

1,173,043

53,178.62

1,110.45

52,068.17

51.3

22.5

34 

Utah

2,233,169

768,594

84,898.83

2,755.18

82,143.65

27.2

9.4

35 

Nevada

1,998,257

827,457

110,560.71

734.71

109,825.99

18.2

7.5

36 

New Mexico

1,819,046

780,579

121,589.48

233.96

121,355.53

15.0

6.4

37 

West Virginia

1,808,344

844,623

24,229.76

152.03

24,077.73

75.1

35.1

38 

Nebraska

1,711,263

722,668

77,353.73

481.31

76,872.41

22.3

9.4

39 

Idaho

1,293,953

527,824

83,570.08

822.87

82,747.21

15.6

6.4

40 

Maine

1,274,923

651,901

35,384.65

4,523.10

30,861.55

41.3

21.1

41 

New Hampshire

1,235,786

547,024

9,349.94

381.84

8,968.10

137.8

61.0

42 

Hawaii

1,211,537

460,542

10,930.98

4,508.36

6,422.62

188.6

71.7

43 

Rhode Island

1,048,319

439,837

1,545.05

500.12

1,044.93

1,003.2

420.9

44 

Montana

902,195

412,633

147,042.40

1,489.96

145,552.43

6.2

2.8

45 

Delaware

783,600

343,072

2,489.27

535.71

1,953.56

401.1

175.6

46 

South Dakota

754,844

323,208

77,116.49

1,231.85

75,884.64

9.9

4.3

47 

North Dakota

642,200

289,677

70,699.79

1,723.86

68,975.93

9.3

4.2

48 

Alaska

626,932

260,978

663,267.26

91,316.00

571,951.26

1.1

0.5

49 

Vermont

608,827

294,382

9,614.26

364.70

9,249.56

65.8

31.8

50 

District of Columbia

572,059

274,845

68.34

6.94

61.40

9,316.4

4,476.1

51 

Wyoming

493,782

223,854

97,813.56

713.16

97,100.40

5.1

2.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico

3,808,610

1,418,476

5,324.50

1,899.94

3,424.56

1,112.1

414.2

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1



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